Scoop



(N0 ModeL) J. PFEIFER.

SGOOP.

l IQ l vention.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN PFEIFER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SCOOP.

5PECITEICA'IION ferming part o f Letters Patent N0. 340,816, datec'l April 27, 1886.

Application filed Deeember 23, 1885.

T0 (EZZ w7wm it may c0ncern:

Be iE known EhaE I, JOHN PFEIFER, a QiEi. zen 0f Ehe United States, residing in Ehe ciEy and eonnEy 0f Philadelphia, SEate 0f Pennsylvmiia, have invented a new and useful ImprovemenE in Sc0ops er Shovels, whleh improvemenE is fully sei: forEh in Ehe following speeifieation and aceompanying drawings, in whieh Figures 1 and 2 represent views of opposiEe faces 0f a seoop er shovel exnbodying my in- Fig. 3 represents alongiEudinal see- Eion Ehereof. Fig. 4 represents a view 0f de- Eached porEions Ehereof.

Similar leEEers 0f ret'erenee indicate eorre sponding parts in Ehe several fignres.

My in vention eonslsts 0f a seoop 0r shovel 0f novel, sE'rong, durable, and eheap construe- Eion, as will be hereinafEer fnlly seE forEh.

Referring to Ehe drawings, A represents the blade of a seoop er shovel, and B Ehe handle Ehereof. The blade is formed of sheeE meEal, sEeel being preferred, stamped inEo proper shape, wiEh a erimp, O, aE Ehe center 0f Ehe back 0f Ehe rin1 Ehereofand Eo said crimp is seenred Ehe handle B, which laEter is consErncted 0f metal of parEial Eubnlar f01n1, Ehe end adjaeenE Eo Ehe blade being primarily riveEed Eo said erimp C, andthen welded'thereto, (See Fig. 4,) so EhaE Ehe handle and blade are comparaEively inEegral.

D represents Ehe pad of Ehe scoop, Ehe san1e being forrned 0f meEal, riveted er otherwise seenred Eo Ehe rixn of Ehe seoop ab Ehe rear of Ehe cri1np O, and having its Eang E exEending for parE of Ehe lengEh 0f Ehe handle B aE Ehe rear Ehereof. BeEween a porbion 0f Ehe handle and Ehe Eang E and a portion 0f Ehe pad D is a filling 0r shiffener, F, 0f wood, Ehe Same being seenred in position by means 0f riveE-s G, which pass Ehrongh Ehe handle, Eang, and stiffener, Ehns firmly eonneeting said parts.

'lo Ehe end 0f Ehe handle B is secured Ehe grip H, whieh eonsists 0f a yoke, J, having aE one end Ehe handle-pieee K, and ab Ehe 0Eher end a eireular flange, L, which enters Ehe adjacent end 0f Ehe handle B, and is riveted Ehereto, Ehus firmly connecting Ehe grip W1Eh Ehe handle.

Serial N0. 186,536. (N0 model.)

partly Eubular er crimped, -is strong, light, durable, and eheap, and obviates Ehe nse 0f a woodenhandle,which is liable Eo warp, Splin- Eer, &e. 'lhe rang 0f Ehe pad forme a 0011- EinnaEion of Ehe peripheral curve of Ehe Eubular handle, Ehus avoiding the presentaEion of Ehe edges 0f Ehe Eube Eo Ehe band of Ehe Werk man. The wooden stiffener F inereases Ehe SErength ef Ehe seoop, espeeially als Ehe plaee where Ehe handle joins Ehe blade and adjaeent part 0f Ehe handle withoub maEeria-lly adding Eo Ehe weight 0f Ehe seoop.

In order Eo sErengEhen Ehe rim of Ehe shovel, espeeially aE Ehe npper end er back Ehereof, I eorrngate said rirn, Ehe efl'ecE of whieh is evidenE; bnE Ehe top and bottom edges 0f Ehe rim are lefE non-eorrugabed, obviaEing sealloped 0x corrugated edges,while preserving Ehe eorrugaEions in Ehe body of Ehe 1im.

Having Ehus deseribed my invenEion. whaE I elalm as new, and desire Eo seenre by LeE- ters Patent, is

l. A shovel 01 seoop having Ehe blade A of sheeE metal,with Ehe cri1np G, and having both Ehe Eop and boEEonx edges 0f Ehe riln nneorrugated 01 plaln, subsEantially as described.

2. A shovel 0r scoop composed of a blade, A, ofsheeE metal, a hollow handle, a wooden stiffener extending fro1n Ehe blade along a portion of Ehe handle, a pad, and a Eang, Ehe lebten being secured Eo Ehe handle and sbiffener and eonneeted wiEh Ehe pad, substanEially as described.

3. A scoop 01 shovel eomposed 0f Ehe blade A 0f sheeE meEal, having a crimp, O, substan Eially as deseribed, a Euhular handle, B, welded Eo said bladeand Ehe pad D, secured Eo Ehe rin1 of Ehe blade, and having iEs Eang E, exEending along Ehe back of Ehe handle and eonforming Eo Ehe shape Ehereof, sbstanbially as and f0l Ehe pnrpose seE l'01Eh.

JOHN PFEIFER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VIEDERSIIEIM, A. P. GRANT.

IE Will be seen EhaE Ehe handle, being1netal, 

